Spouts to sheet-metal vessels



WILLIAVM A. MUNN, 0F MILWAUKE,'W

Letters .paient No. 61,853, Interi February 5, lSu'l'.`

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

, Be it known that-I` WXLLIAMA. MENS, of Milwaukee, in the county ol' Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, `f have invented a new and useful 4Improvement in Tea-Kettles, etc.; and 'I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make und use the same, reference being` had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in. which* The figure is a vertical section of, the freut side of u. tea-lcttle illustrating my improvement. In the ordinary mannonoi .attachingepou-ts tao-sheet metal tea. hotties` coffeputs, tea-pots, etc., the spouts are secured to the side of' the vessel, around o. hole through the said side. with soft solder. In this case the hole through the side of the vessel must be smaller than' the lower end oi' the spout, so that `the edge ol' the `spout may have a foundation to rest against to be soldered. The inwal'dl rprojecting edge of the side of the vessel thus forms a recess around thc lower end of the spout in which the water or moisture collects, and from which it is impossible to remove it. This moisture acts upon the cut edge oi' the sheet metal and eorrodes it, l soon causing a leak. Another objection to this manner of attaching the spout is,4 that if the vessel is exposed to too great u hen-t, or left with'tfoo small a.V duantity of water in it, the spout is liable to he melted oil. The spout is also liable to be knocked olf 'by anv accidental blow. i l 1 My invention has for its object to avoid these objections; and it consists iu attaching the spout to the side of the vessel with a double seam, as hereinafter more fully described. r y y A represents the side of the vessel to which the spout is to be attached, and ,B is the spout. The lower edge of the spout and the edge of the hole in` the side ofthe vessel ureattnched. to each other ina double seam.` The seam should then be pressed close and flat. This construction leaves the channel through the spout perfectly smooth and free, no cavities being formed to receive and retain water or moisture. Itialso makes u very strongconnection, s0 Vthat it is not liable to bebrokeu ofi' by an accidental blow. Nor can the spout be melted off by being exposed te too great heat, as no solder is used in forming the seu-1n. l n i This improvement is designed to be applied to all vessels having spouts, when made of tin, copper, or brass, or any other sheet metal, whether said vessels are to be used ov-cr the tire or not. l

Having thus described my inventiou, I claim as new, and desire to seeureby Letters Patent- Attaehing the spout to the body of o. sheebmetal vesselwith a double seam, substantially as herein shown and described. i

Witnesses:

CuAs. P. Ron/mm, T. BARNES KING.

Lw.' A. MUNN. 

